ATHENS - Greece could extend a suspension on examining asylum applications passed by parliament last month if migrant flows ...

The number of irregular migrants reaching the Greek island of Crete has plummeted since the government announced a three-month suspension of asylum hearings condemned by rights groups, the migration ...

Our goal is to accelerate returns, even before the asylum process is completed,” stated the Minister of Migration ...

The right for anyone to request protection, or asylum, is inscribed in EU and international law and in the constitution of ...

Thanos Plevris, Greece’s recently appointed migration minister, has called the influx of refugees across the Mediterranean an “invasion.” Several lawmakers from the ruling New Democracy party have ...

It to some time, but it appears Europe is waking up to the impact of the invasion of migrants on its shores. Greece is reportedly facing a […] ...

By 2024, irregular migrant arrivals to the European Union had fallen to around 240,000, less than a quarter of 2015 levels, ...

Crete is experiencing a huge influx of migrants as traffickers shift to Mediterranean routes from North Africa. Crete, Greece ...

Greece's immigration minister has warned migrants not to try entering his country, threatening to put in jail or send back home those who do try. Greece is a key gateway into the European Union for ...

From July 1 to 13, 2,619 migrants landed on Crete, a surge far beyond anything previously experienced on the idyll beloved by ...

“Thanos Plevris was my protégé,” he stressed. When Plevris’s father’s Nazi propaganda was too much in the public spotlight, the son was promoted instead and first entered parliament in 2007.

Authorities in eastern Libya have refused entry to three European ministers and the EU commissioner for migration on alleged entry violations.